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KernelEx 4.5.2

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Here are some glitches with Firefox 3.0.7 while using KernelEx 4.0 rc1 on Windows 98 SE

It looks like it messed up fading effect that gecko uses, but i'm not an expert and a picture is worth a thousand words:

This is how it looks like (with KernelEx 4.0rc1):

This is how it should look like (with KernelEx 3.6a):

There is also a strange problem regarding fonts in webpage editboxes, for example google:

I can paste character normally (from notepad for example), and it shows up alright in firefox, but when i try to type it in i get this missing character glyph. I tried to play with character encoding in firefox but to no avail, it only affected static text on page but had no effect on text in editboxes. It seems that only webpage rendering is affected as i can type that same character in firefox address bar and search bar without any problems.

With KernelEx 3.6a it works perfectly (it can be both typed in and pasted in without glitches):

I took that single character as an example but the problem affects all special characters from my locale (latin2)

I would also like to add that Punkbuster (pbsvc.exe) is crashing in both kernelex 3.6a and 4.0rc1 (and probalby in earlier versions too), disabling KernelEx for pbsvc.exe solves the problem.

P.S

Many thanks for keeping kernelex alive and kicking, it's a must-have for any win98 user these days

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Have you tried checking in 'Disable KernelEx extentions for this program' in the compatibility tab and seeing if that resolves it?

No, I'm pretty radical when it comes to stuff that negatively impacts software that works fine in regular environment. Will try next version when it comes out, if there's any mention of the eMule issue being fixed in the changelog.

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Realy nice job! Congratulations for Xeno85 and Tihiy. The software works greate. Ooo 3.0.1 and other software is now useable under W98. I miss a little documentation for the "Core.INI". For some situations I think is better to diable or Uninstall KernelEx. Also I miss a simple Uninstall-Function. To help to complete the list of usable programs I list my configuration as follow:

My configuration:

OS System Windows 98 Second Edition

MS Kernel Version 4.10.2222.2225

KernelEx-Version 4.0.1.0

Installed Programs:

7-Zip File Manager 4.64.0.0

Adobe Reader 6.0.4.2005072500 (6.0.2.126)

Adobe Flashplayer 11

Gimp Graphics 2.2.17

GTK+ (Gimp Environment) 2.6.10

Open Office 3.0.1

Sun JAVA Runtime Environment 6.0.70.6

PDFCreator 0.9.7

MS Windows Installer 2.0.2600.2

MS Media Player 9.0.0.2980

The VLC Media Player 0.9.8a (Open Source Media Player: http://www.videolan.org) dosn't work. Actual a dont know, its a problem of Videolan or a problem of KernelEX.

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I have good and bad news. All of the 3.x versions conflicted with SSM free, which prevented me from seriously considering using Kernel EX. I'm happy to report that so far, 4.0RC1 and SSM free are getting along. I have a lot more testing to do but so far it's very encouraging.

Now for the bad news. I uninstalled RC1, rebooted, then installed RC2. After what appeared to be a normal install, the system rebooted, during which I got the following error message:

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With 98SE and Kernelex 4.0 RC 2, I can install Flash 10.0.22 but Firefox 3.0.7 crashes every time. (Seamonkey 1.1.15 complains about Flash 10 when it starts but after I close the dialog, Seamonkey works and Flash 10 works.) Reinstalling Flash 9.0 r159 eliminates all of these problems. Flash 10 use to work for me with Kernelex 0.3.5 but it hasn't worked since 0.3.6. Any suggestions?